wrap up this split edition of msnbc live and i will see you tomorrow on "today." >> and i will see you around 11:00 a.m. tomorrow, and picking it up right now, andrea mitchell reports. >> and now on a special "andrea mitchell reports" it is go time. the candidates are gearing it up for the first debate, and several fronts, there is news. special council robert mueller has agreed to testify. >> and i don't think that it would be a friendly subpoena. he did not want to testify. he made it clear. >> i hope and expect that this is the only time they will speak to you in this manner. >> coming up, the chairman of the house intelligence committee congressman adam schiff, and a defining moment. the image of a father and young daughter who drowned while clinging to one another in

search of asylum, and sparking outrage and highlighting the urgent need for change at the border. >> a man from el salvador and his father drowned as they crossed the rio grande. her arm wrapped around her father. >> and how will the candidates break through a crowded field and define the party. >> the republicans want to turn the clock back to the '50s and sometimes the democrats sound like we are offering a return to the 1990s or the 2000s. >> look, it is a chance to be able to talk to people all across the country. >> i can think of no better way to prepare for the debate and with america than by listening to people. >> and good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell inside of the adrienne arsht center.

and tonight, the democratic candidates will try to make their may mark on the party. and now we are learning that democrats have subpoenaed robert mueller who will testify three weeks from today. it is a stunning development for them, and even more importantly for president trump. >> my reaction is that it never ends. we had no obstruction, and we had no collusion, and we had a report that was, you know, considering 18 people who hated donald trump and robert mueller who is obviously not a trump fan, and not a trump person, and how these people were picked by itself is incredible. >> nbc white house correspondent peter alexander is with me, and you have walked on the stage, peter, and you know what they are about to face. they have to make abn impressio and break through somehow and

decide what issues to fight. >> and at the end of the hour, most of the candidates will have about six minutes to speak. they have to contrast themselves with the other contenders on the stage, and present a positive image of why they are fit to be the next commander in chief and they have to do it without making any mistakes. elizabeth warren is going to be in the pole position as it were, and flanked by cory booker and b beto o'rourke, and she has gone to the controversial migrant housing center. >> and each candidate will get time to walk through and get comfortable with the podium and this is of course, the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, and i have talked to other candidates and gender is an issue. this guy is tall, and he is going to be very dominant, but they have some assist, and you have seen some steps behind the podiums, and so, i wanted to talk to you about these issues

overnight. bob mueller finally testifying. let's talk about that. that is not a front and center issue for democrats or other voters across the country as we have been traveling around and talking to voters, but now it is going to dominate potentially. >> and what is striking is that we have heard from the president on this topic, and he is obviously frustrated and lashed out at robert mueller again, and he said it never ends relating to the topic, and what we have seen is that we have heard from the president saying that nobody is talking about the russian investigation and that is about to change, and that is going to get under this president's skin once again, because as he has tried to focus the attention on other topic, and put it behind him on the major stage on july 17th, and every television is going to be focused on the man before the house intel and judiciary committees. the world is going to be watching. and remember the president last time when michael cohen testified was overseas in

vietnam for the kim jong-un summit and furious that it is overshadowing his visit, and now here it is again, with this visit to japan. and now he says that in relationship to the other probes of that there were e-mails, but then it is said that those texts were lost and not deleted and robert mueller as the report found did nothing wrong. >> pete alexander is setting the stage literally and figuratively. thank you. we will be seeing a lot of you, and joining me now is the democratic house chair adam schiff, one of the two chairman along with jerry nadler who is one of the two committees that subpoenaed robert mueller to appear. joining me from capitol hill, and first of all, is he appearing voluntarily or

willingly, because he has set the terms in the 8:00 appearaei appearance saying that he did not want to testify and he did not want to appear. >> i would not characterize it as a friendly subpoena. that is not how the council views it, but he is nonetheless going to comply. but certainly, he is not eager to come before the congress. from his perspective, and their staff have shared with us that he has viewed himself as a prosecutor and the prosecutors do not testify, but they go to trial. but as mueller himself pointed out in the report he did not make a traditional prosecutorial judgment and he referred the matter to congress, and so it is perfectly appropriate for congress to bring him in and talk about the courses of the investigation, and the witnesses who would speak to him, and those who wouldn't, and the process that he use and the counter intelligence information that was found, and what happened to the findings and most importantly any outstanding risk to the country or

compromise that was revealed that the congress needs to deal with. >> congressman, is he is going to go beyond four corners of his report? >> well, that is certainly what we are going to ask of him. we will be asking him, yes, questions that go into the report, but asking questions outside of the report. the attorney general has made it clear that he feels completely free to discuss matters not in the report, and the attorney general mischaracterized the report. and so there is no law or prescription against bob mueller talking about other avenues of the investigation they pursued or didn't pursue and so we will have a lot of questions to have him to answer and we expect to get answers. >> are you confident that the attorney general will not try to assert any kind of privilege or restrictions on him as a former

ploim y employee of the white house as the white house has with mcgahn and others through their form of executive privilege? >> i have to expect that bill barr is going to continue to do what he has done since he has been appointed and that is to run interference for the president in any way that he can, and that is maybe interposing objections to what bob mueller can say and releasing some information that is his own and that is to distract from the hearing, but we can expect bill barr to act as if rudy giuliani is appointed a.g., because that is how he has behaved so i can't cabin what type of behavior to expect from him. >> have you on your committee at least, looked at the determination of time, and whether the majority and the minority staff can join in as well as the members frankly in

this type of the high profile testimony, and some of your colleagues are less adept than others at questioning, and we saw in the last hearing of the bringing in of the kentucky fried chicken and other things that are not distinguishing shall we say of members of congress. >> well, that is certainly true, but there are other times where members have acquitted themselves very well. you can look at for example katy porter's questioning of some of the members of her committee. but we want to sit down to see what structure makes the most productive use of bob mueller's time, and we will have enough time allotted to the committee that each member will be able to ask their questions if we go with the traditional format. when we interview fact witnesses, we have often done those where we will have an hour, and then the minority will have an hour to allow for sustained questioning. this is a different circumstance, and we don't generally use that format with a witness like bob mueller, but we will discuss it internally, and

we will make those decisions. >> who goes first, intelligence or judiciary? >> my expectation is that he will hear from the judiciary committee and shortly thereafter from our committee and then we will have closed session with the staff and both committees will have the opportunity to meet with the staff in closed session. >> have you finally by the way gotten some of the not only redacted report, but have you gotten information about the parallel counter intelligence investigation? this could not be more timely with the president meeting with vladimir putin this week, and who knows whether it is with the noteta taitaker or with or with notetaker, and if there is a public explanation of what he does or does not say to vladimir putin about the election interference? >> i have had a opportunity to review the much less redacted portions and that is everything but the grand jury material, and we have availed ourselves of that opportunity, because of the

concern that bill barr may make some of the elements developed by the department of justice to go away. bill barr said that he viewed the president to see any case go away if he felt it was unfair and this is effectively putting the president above the law or means that the president is the law which is not what our constitution has to say, but nonetheless, a risk with this attorney general. so i have reviewed the less redacted version of the report, and we are starting to get information about the counter intelligence investigation that was conducted that preceded the criminal case and conducted simultaneously, but there is a great many unanswered questions, and we have really only begun to get the information from the fbi and the justice department on that score. >> finally, since waiting for mueller has been the name of the game, does this postpone any action or lessen the pressure on the speaker for impeachment inquiry to be formally opened to

place it into august and the fall and then it makes it a moot point going into the election year? >> i am not sure what it does in the timing of any decision of opening up an impeachment inquiry, but i will say that people should have a rational expectation of what is going to be come out of the hearing. i expect that we have seen in very broad strokes from mueller's report what he is going to focus the testimony on, and so i want to have reasonable expectations of what is going to come out of this, and it is enormously important for the public to hear from the man who did this investigation to bring the facts to life, and just what it means when the president of the united states is trying to obstruct the justice of the united states, the justice system as well as just how compromising it is when the president for example is pursuing his financial interests in russia while misleading the american people about it. and so these facts need to be brought forward to the public

and this is the primary purpose of bringing him in. >> congressman adam schiff, great to see you and thank you so much for taking time with us today. appreciate it. >> thank you. and party time for the oversized field. democratic national committee chair tom perez is joining me right here next. stay with us for "andrea mitchell reports" live from the debate hall here in miami. deba. so chantix can help you quit slow turkey.rkey. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit.

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and welcome back to miami as we countdown to tonight's big debate. the democratic party and the voters tonight begin to try to thin out the largest field of candidates in history. the key to the candidates the on stage is to standout from the crowd. tom perez is the chairman of the democratic national committee and joins me now. tom, too much of a good thing? you have too many candidates. >> well, we have a deep bench. i say it often, andrea, i hope that you will fall in love. i hope that you will speed date and fall in love with multiple people, and then fall in line when we get the nominee. we have an embarrassment of riches. >> and what do you say to the democratic voters that you have a lot of people on stage and some of whom are not well known, and they don't have long experience and they don't really have the credentials to be, let's say the commander in chief, and how do you persuade the voters that any one of these people is better than the

incumbent or each other? >> well, that is up to the candidates and what our job is to make sure that we gave everyone a fair shake. there is unprecedented access to every candidate to town hall forums and interviews with people like yourself and others. i think that is great. because i have really had the privilege to getting to work with about 3/4 of them, and they are spectacular. my job is to make sure that they have the ability to communicate their vision, and one thing that i know is that everyone who is running for president can do a better job than our current incumbent, and the vision and the unity of the values that we have is going to be coming out tonight and tomorrow. >> and judging from the midterms what people care about primarily health care, and perhaps now immigration, and the tragedy at the border as welcome peting for time. the economy an wage dispd wage and now from the long awaited

agreement because of the subpoenas, the testimony of robert mueller, and the impeachment process, and does that take away from the debate? >> well, the number one issue on people's minds is health care and we will talk about climate change and do it with regularity and those photos at the border just shocked the conscience, and it is not who we are as a nation. the election is about the future and the voters want to know who is going to have my back on the issues. and donald trump said he would have your back on the health care and other things, and he put a knife in people's backs and show that we are fighting to keep your health care if you have a pre-existing condition, and fighting to make sure that if you are working a full-time job, you can feed your family, and talk about oversight, and i applaud the fact that robert mueller is coming, and i have

called for it and others and we have to do the oversight, but at the same time one thing that is abundantly clear, the only way to remove this president is at the ballot box of 2020 and that is why tonight and tomorrow are so critically important. >> is there a ris knack tk that activists in the party will take the party too far to left through the debates and the long process that elizabeth warren and bernie sanders and others and some of the young fire brands in the democratic party, and the younger members of congress will let the label socialist weaponize it? >> i am not concerned about that. we will have a spirited debate about how we build an america that is working for everyone and not a few at the top. i am confident that the republicans will try to use the socialism label, and you know when we passed social security and the minimum wage and medicare and medicaid and the

affordable care act, what they had in common is that the republicans called them socialism. they want capitalism to allow the rich to get richer, and democrats are about making capitalism work for everybody, and that is what these debates are going to be about. >> do you hope that the debates will thin the field out? >> well, that is up to the voters. our job is to make sure that everybody gets a fair shake on the stage tonight and tomorrow and beyond the communicate their vision, and then we have another debate with the same criteria, and in september we will raise the criteria, and we gave everybody ample notice, because over time, you have to demonstrate progress, and we are still keeping the criteria very do-able, but again, i think that candidates need to show progress >> they have to prove themselves. tom perez, democratic national

chairman and the man in charge tonight. >> i look forward to being here, and it is great hall. people are going to love it tonight. nice job, nbc. >> thank you. thank you very much. and coming up the tragedy at the rio grande and will this image of a drowned father and his daughter seeking asylum in america finally make americans take notice? this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc.

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in the midst of the chaos of the southern border a heartbreaking new image is highlighting the grim reality for migrant families and the tragic consequences that go unseen. we want to warn you that the images are disturbing and the photos captured by journalist julia la duke, a migrant farmer and his daughter drowned as they crossed the rio grande last weekend. according to reporting the father was frustrated because he and his family were turned away by the u.s. officials unable to request asylum and as he was trying to get the family back across the river to the u.s., he and his daughter who was tucked away in his shirt were swept

away and their bodies were found a few hundred yards from where they were swept downstream. gabe guterres joining us from clint, texas, and from near that controversial center, and tell us about this story that is a microcosm of this human tragedy. >> andrea, this is so heartbreaking on so many levels. you laid out of some of what happened there in the intro, but we have to point out that the mother here, her name isto toot and she watched her husband and daughter swept away. this is heartbreaking and the pictures of the family from back in el salvador, and the family says they were trying to seek asylum here in the u.s., and as you mentioned the photographer who took the haunting photo says that they had been turned away over the weekend and they were

told that the border bridge in matamoras, mexico, was closed and so the desperation grew and they decided to make the dangerous journey across the river. back in el salvador, san martin not far from the el salvador, the family is devastated and the mother in tears spoke to reporters and this is what she had to say. >> reporter: so andrea that is oscar's mother talking about the final message she received over the weekend a day or so before her son set out to cross that

river. and andrea, we have reported from matamoras, mexico, from the international bridge last summer back when the family separation crisis was under way and back then, the migrants were complaining that they were trying to seek asylum but they had to wait on the bridge for several days even though dhs said they had to wait 72 hours. the migrants said they were trying to do it the legal way, and then the desperation grew and they tried to make the dangerous journey and for this family it ended so tragedy, andrea. >> it is just awful, gabe. mama, i love you, and that i'm fine. those parts words to his mother rosa ramirez, and gabe, thank you very much. this is just, just captures the desperation of a father and a child trying to reach safety they thought on the american side of the border. meanwhile, a growing number of candidates are planning to visit the homestead detention center

here in florida. and this is a controversial intake facility for housing immigrant children, and the only of its kind, and the only one of its kind run by a for-profit corporation which is in itself very controversial, and elizabeth warren is discussing the topic and handling of these centers. >> last friday, i drafted a plan to end the private incarceration of our children in the facilities like this. and part of the reason is because this is wrong. i would end all private incarceration systems. locking people up for money is not what the united states of america should do. >> and joining me now is al c cardenas and former adviser to jeb bush, and also, a joining us is a lecture from the university of austin, and thank you, both.

what does this image say to us as americans and to the republican party frankly. >> look. last year, canada which is 1/10th of the population accepted more refugees than the united states. it is unconscionable, and frankly, i have lived this nightmare for over 50 years and so have you. you came and covered the elian gonzalez saga as his mother was trying to come for freedom. and i also lived through the loved ones eaten in the florida straits by sharks. and maybe people don't get or they are numb no desperation a allows one to risk thak lives of children for freedom. and this is begging for action of america. i hope that the sacrifice that family made wakes us up even more to taking immediate action, and these children center, and the administration calls them

unaccompanied and what 2-year-old children would come here unaccompanied? they were separated from the loved ones and we have lost track of them and now look at the condition that the children are living in. wake up, america. we need to have the conscience that made our country great come back to us. >> and al, you are a passionate spokesman for this, and you and victoria have not gotten traction nor have we as much as we have covered it and all of our colleagues, and these kids now, and it has been going on for a year, but these kids have been without blankets other than the mylar blankets, on concrete floors, and they are kids who put back in clint, and we don't know if they have toothbrushes and toothpaste and soap, because the lawyer from, you know, from hhs was telling the 9th circuit panel of judges this is not part of what they are required to

provide. >> exactly, and echoing al's point, we are desensitized as a nation, and it takes the jarring images to shake us back into conscious, and aside from the fact that these are inhumane conditions, this is illegal, and we are breaking the law. >> it is supposed to be 72 hours. >> tops. 72 hours, and once they are resettled to a facility appropriate for children, they are not supposed to stay there for more than what is necessary. so they are supposed to be resettled immediately in accordance with the flores settlement, and we are in flagrant disagreement under the trump administration, and not only breaking the law, but acting inhumanely as a country who should be doing better. >> the president absolutely misstated the facts to chuck todd saying that it all started under obama and no separation of children except if

endangered or abuse and this is thestatute. and now, there is a threaten of veto between the house and the senate, and how can you veto this legislation, because you are holding them hostage? >> it is the same president who appropriated billions of dollars to build the wall when there was not even an appropriation process for it. so he has full authority today to divert some of the wall funds to help these children today. and let me tell you the emotional toll on these children having been at places to receive the children, is worse than not having blankets or toothbrush, but the children are going through an incredible pain that is going to last the lifetime and so many of them that have relatives who are legally living in the united states, and so to

me, it is a purposeful effort to dissuade further migration, and that is a cruel thing to say, but the president has no excuse. he has got, and if he claims he has constitutional authority to find money for the wall, he has constitutional authority to find emergency leaf for the childr r children. and you can't argue both sides of the law. >> toothbrushes and toothpaste and soap. we are all passionate about this and we won't let go. >> thank you. and now, coming up the progressive primary and appearing here in miami on different nights, and for bernie sanders and elizabeth warren are battling to be the standard bearer of the party, and you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" live right here on nbc. with the freestyle libre 14 day system just scan the sensor with your reader, iphone or android and manage your diabetes. with the freestyle libre 14 day system, a continuous glucose monitor,

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warren and bernie sanders connected? >> looking at the voting record and the history and what they have been fighting for since they have been elected officials and before they were elected officials. >> i thought that bernie was a great candidate, but he is not quite there, and he does not have the plans in place like elizabeth does. >> i hope that we come into milwaukee with a warren and sanders or sanders and warren ticket. >> and now, coming in our warriors from the road. and our correspondent from across the way. welcome all. and shaq, first to you. when you and ali were looking at bernie versus elizabeth warren and how the sanders' people reacting that she is taking if you are looking at the morning consult poll this week that her rise is coming right out of his hive? >> well, they are saying that it is not coming from his support.

>> really? he going down exactly and it is like a seesaw. >> and they are saying that she is taking from buttigieg and others. but they are saying that the votes are not coming from him, and the reason that she has room for growth, and optimism is that if she if you are listening to sound, there are a lot of the sanders' supporters who love her, and genuinely have warm feelings for her, and if she can form a coalition to take from kamala harris and buttigieg and sanders from his support, that could build a coalition very strong. >> and of course, both of them have a problem with minority voters and they have niche supporters among the white voters across the economic grounds though. >> yes, it is true. and we liz beth warren to counter that and of course a lot of the things with the campaign

are slow and steady and done through the policy, but they are trying through all of the policies to have a deliberate focus on how things will impact the racial wealth gap and how they can ameliorate disproportionate impacts, but if you are looking at the sanders' coaliti coalition, she has room for growth, but she has it for other candidates as well. when i am looking at the elizabeth warren or pete buttigieg rallies, they are not looking at the top three, but the fact that she can make inroads for her competitors is also something to watch for. >> and at this time, you have been the joe biden whisperer trying to prep for the debate, but a lot of questions now on the race issues. we saw him in south carolina trying to do both defend and avoid the issue raised by his comparisons of getting along

across the aisle by bringing up segregationist senators of the past which emphasizes how current he is and how forward he is looking. >> yes, andrea, no doubt between the biden campaign and the president himself they feel that the target on his back has grown in part because of the recent stumbles as you have mentioned, but in part because of the fact that there is going to be a debate tonight. as one biden aide said candidates are looking for the breakout moment, and maybe they want it to come against the vice president. but they say that biden doesn't need a breakout moment, and that is why he is going to be using this debate to stay focus on the positive image. so i reported on this with my colleague about the preps in delaware. he spent 11 hours behind closed doors on monday preparing with the team, and brought back jennifer granholm a familiar face from michigan who helped

biden to prepare for the presidential debate and stood in for sarah palin and a lot of old hands back as well to make sure that he is ready to deflect and pivot back to the future. that is their plan for the debate. >> it is almost easier for them to come over, and for him not to be on stage and so it is less insulting and better way to target the frontrunner. >> yes. for a lot of the candidates this is going to be the first real moment in the national spotlight, and biden aides are quick to point out despite the work in twitter and the recent controversies, it is not affecting the poll standing and biden is one of the most popular democrats in the country, and so if they want to use the first moment in the sun to attack a popular democrat, they may use it to blow back and easier to do it on stage than sharing a stage with him, and the questions are going to be coming at him from

our colleagues here from the moderators to asking him tough questions as well. >> and people have seen him before in debates in years past, and the vice presidential debates and the issue is now, has he kept the fastball? we will be watching tonight and tomorrow night of course. mike memoli and shaquille brewster and ali vanessa, thank you. >> with you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" live from miami. ami. has been excellent. they really appreciate the military family and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say "oh we can't beat usaa" we're the webber family. we're the tenney's we're the hayles, and we're usaa members for life. ♪ get your usaa auto insurance quote today.

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limelight tonight? joining me is national correspondent steve kornacki and also democratic watching every t at the 11th hour with brian. what are you looking forward tonight? >> i am looking these candidates into three categories. elizabeth warren is the first. there are five candidates popping in the polls nationally. only elizabeth, she's the only one who's really popping in the polls that's going to be there. it is a huge opportunity for her. there is going to be some pressure that comes with that. all eyes are on her. she has performed well in settings like this throughout her career so i think there are some expectations as well. the next group i look at is two candidates. cory booker and it is beto o'rourke.

both of them came to this race with a very high expectations. o'rourke coming off that close senate race in texas last year. he fallen off there. booker is there. i covered him in new jersey, almost 20 years ago he was talked about as a future president back then. both of them have been under performing in the polls. the other seven candidates were on stage. a lot of them this is a survive and advance moment. what i mean is they are doing things differently. the dnc has rules they're going to change as this process comes along. by the end of the summer, you need to be polling higher. the threshold is going to go up to stay in these debates so those candidates who are not known and have not got that attention and who are on stage tonight, they got to show some lights in the l polls.

what are you looking for? >> i agree with steve. this is as big moment for elizabeth moment. when the initial panel were set for the first two debates. i think a lot of people thought there was a disadvantage for her to be the first and not be with the others who are in the top tier. this is an advantage for her if he san take advantage of it. she will be the focus in a way she would not be if she were on the stage with joe biden and kamala harris and others. that's a big opportunity for her. i agree with steve on beto o'rourke and cory booker, i would put senator klobachar in that group. people came in with some expectations. a lot of different ways they had different trajectories. beto o'rourke came in and has gone down. that's a difficult thing to do to bounce backup for what cory booker is facing, for example

and similarly found with cloer ch klobach klobachar. this is an opportunity for them to one way or another to make a mark and breakthrough and somehow get some attention that moves them into the conversation. 20 plus candidates is more than everybody can handle. >> they got to get enough attention that they can start generating some money online contributions because they need to prove by the end of the quarter that they're going to qualify for the upcoming debates to come. >> yes, realistically, we can assume some of the can dates we are going to see on these two nights in miami will not be around in the early fall and certainly in the late fall. there will be attrition, money is going to run out and the opportunity of debates are going to be denied. they're not going to have any opportunity to move forward. for them, this is a big moment. >> what about policy differences? what do you expect steve cornacki? >> i think one question i have

is these candidates are not directly but are they trying to draw contrast that's be noticeable. that's joe biden. warr warren won't have the opportunity to go head to head with joe biden. i don't expect these candidates are going to be taking on by name with him not there. what kind of contrasts are they trying to create on stage that'll make voters to keep it in their minds tomorrow night when biden, the front runner does take the stage. >> the other person that's not on the stage besides donald trump. of course, joe biden is of course, robert mueller. >> and there will be discussions of impeachment and the mueller testimony and the impeachment talk in washington has died down but the announcement that mueller is going to testify,

many of these candidates indicated impeachment should begin. >> the governor is doing his walk on stage just behind us as well. dan balz, it is great to see you. great to be with you again. >> steve cornacki, thanks and we are looking forward to all that you will be saying before and during and after. coming up next, 2020 candidate, andrew yang and governor hickenlooper. >> later bernie sanders is here. stay with us live on our first presidential debate. d be betterd

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follow us online and on twitter. here is "velshi & ruhle." >> i was enjoying your show getting us into the spirit of this whole thing. it is exciting. >> this is the warm up, guys. >> it is going to be an interesting debate. thank you, have yourself a great afternoon and we'll see you through the course of the day. >> hello everyone, it is wednesday, june 26th. we are live in the debate hall for the first democratic debate kicking off tonight. we are eight hours away part one of a major two night events. ten candidates faceoff, who's going to have the break out moment or who's going to fizzle out. >> this has devastating new photos show the heartbreaking toll of a migrant crisis, a father and his toddler daughter found dead on the banks of rio grande. will it motivate lawmakers to do something about it. we'll be getting reactions from andrew yang and governor hickenlooper will be joining